Voice from the Cave

ARDED

ement and injury gave way to a feeling of indignation. Perhaps her father had a perfect right to

e an orphan!" Penny sig

in hotel veranda. Her father saw her coming. His l

ited. "The food here is quite an improve

terrace. To Mrs. Deline's horror and her father

cept for a curt nod, "I was just about re

and the coat did not entirely cover her camp costume. By contrast Mrs. Deline was perfectly turned out in tailored twee

r you?" Mr. Parker ask

y polite. "I had a very fine lunch at

ologized. "It took a long while to have the

in. "The point is, when, if ev

suppose. We've fin

e bill, paid it, and arose. As he bade Mrs. Deline goodby

r, neither he nor Penny had much to say. Not until they were driv

nicer to her," Mr. Parker commented.

say anyth

I don't

l as she treats me!" Penny defended h

u show

as no business taking

nches," chuckled Mr. Parker.

very

nd I enjoy talking to her," Mr. Parker said thought

to her father an

hile," she said wistfully. "If any

errupted. "Of course nothing ever will come betwe

ch

y. You need a friend, som

only friend

ny. Why not send for Louise Sidel

e fun havin

ow." Mr. Parker turned the car around a

park did it occur to her that unwittingly she might have fashioned her own undoing. Though camping would be far more

angle," Penny reflected uneas

, hot meals were prepared though not without endless effort. There were dishes to wash, beds to mak

less. He missed his morning paper and was dissatisfied with the skimpy news reports that came in

ith you?" Penny

her father answer

disclosed a message for Penny which had been held for

H THURSDAY ON THE 12:30

r father. "That's tomorrow! My, will I be glad to se

the next few days," Mr. Parker said, a twinkle in his

else comin

wer her many questions.

he lighthouse located on Crag Point. Noticing that the tide wa

ed. "You run along by yourself

hing about in the surf. A long row of picturesque cottages lined the water front. They thinned out as

y middle age who carried fishing rod and creel. H

Point," he remarked pleasantly. "Ar

itted tha

told that the Point is a dang

hadn't

time," the stranger explained. "There's no

will I h

eplied. "There's no cause for alarm

The structure rose to a height of seventy-five feet above the

tarted up the iron steps, a door far above her head opened. A burly,

re!" he shouted. "No

ing a step. "I didn't know. I

per of the light repea

Penny was disappointed. Walking back to the main section of

at the Crystal Inn!" s

er an hour's search she decided that he must have returned to camp. Returning there, she ap

be here,"

ement within the tent as someone

d!" she

Penny never before had set eyes upon him. She was so astonished that she gained only a fleeting impres